Vietnam will have a drier, warmer Tet festival this year with higher than average daytime temperatures, though mornings will remain cool, with two cold snaps predicted for February, weather forecasters said.

Organisers of the Nhan Tai Dat Viet (Vietnamese Talent Awards) announced a total of 22 Information and Technology (IT) products out of 240 products that were selected for the final round yesterday in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Chinese are using "the trick of puns" to "trap" Vietnam by saying that their operations in Hoang Sa Archipelago (Paracel Islands) took place within the territorial waters and the contiguous zone of this archipelago, Dr. Tran Cong Truc, former head of the National Border Committee, said in an interview with Dan Tri online.

Hundreds of Vietnamese students will be sent abroad for training in nuclear power courses as a preparation for the operation of Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Plants 1 & 2, set to be put into operation by 2020, learnt Dan Tri online newspaper, quoting source from the Vietnam Atomic Energy Agency.